Citrus fruit sector



April 11, 1950 FQERSTER 2,503,475

CITRUS FRUIT SECTOR Filed May 6, 1947 /0 1-H m i 2 IN VEN TOR.

- ATTD RN EYB Patented Apr. 11, 1950 UNITED STATES PRTENT OFFICE 2,503,475 CITRUS FRUIT SECTOR Marie Louise Foerster, Northllollywood, Calif.

Application-May 6, 1947, Serial N0. 746,348 1 Claim. (01. 30-44) 2 This invention relates to cutting devices for The blade l is attached to the handle by means preparing fruits, and more particularly to imof rivets 9 and I0. provements in devices for cutting the edible seg- 1 (In operation, the two blades straddle or slide ments of citrus fruits, over both sides of a wall separating segments of It is an object of the invention to provide a tool 5 a jcitrus fruit, at the point where itjoins the peel, by means of which edible segments of citrus fruit and are moved forwardly and downwardly, thus can be out clean of the separating walls and the cutting two segments free of the separating wall, peel or i and clearing segments from the other walls that A further object is to provide a device for cutembrace them. Thus, two segments are freed ting citrus fruits to remove the edible portions, 10 from the walls and from the peel, the flanges which device is of very simple structure and easy clearing the other two walls and separating the to manipulate. segments from the peel. The fruit can be turned A further object is to provide a device for cutover and the edible segments will fall cut. ting out the edible portions of citrus fruits, which The handle is preferably made of aluminum,

device has parts of certain lengths and arranged l5 and the blade of a stainless steel, so that they will at certain angles which have been found highly not corrode if properly cleaned.

effective for the desired purpose. The device is The device, obviously, is of simple structure, made of non-corrosive metals and is capable of efiective in operation, and hasfew parts to get out being inexpensively manufactured. of order.

These and other objects are attained by the The blades have substantially parallel sides novel arrangement and construction of parts with the flanges formed at the end of the blades hereinafter described and illustrated by the acat acute angles to the sides.

companying drawings, forming apart hereof, and The above description is to be considered as i h h; illustrative and not limitative of the invention of Fig. l is an elevational view showing the manwhich modifications can be made without dener in which the device is used to remove segparting from the spirit and scope of the invenments of citrus fruit. tion, as set forth in the appended claim.

Fig 2 1s m; View f t device during th The invention having been described, what is operation of removing segments of citrus fruit. 3 l med is:

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the device in 530 A device for preparing fruit comprising a pair an open condition. I of handles, means pivoting the same together,

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-! l parallel and spaced blades attached to said hanof Fi 1, dles, respectively, said blades being spaced a pre- Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 jdetermined distance apart whe eby he same is of Fig. 1. adapted to straddle a fruit partition between ad- Fig. 6 is a sectional view t k on th li 6 .5 1 jacent fruit cells of the piece of fruit each said of Fig. 1. blade being offset from its handle and having Refe i g to the drawings, the device f r I a forward portion, a rearward portion and a botmoving edible segments from citrus fruits is I t Portion joining t e fir t po ti s. d shown to comprise two juxtaposed handles I and rd portion having a substantially stra ht 2, pivotally connected by a rivet 3 or the like. l edge,said fl tom portion extending in the Since t t handlesuare of identical shape, t direction toward its respective handle and at an is only necessary to" describe one of th ha l acute angle with said forward portion toward said Attached to each handle and extending at an f portion w ereby S d cutting edge p angle therefrom is a blade 4, which has a straight tlon aInd tt e p n m at a poin and sharp upper edge 5. At the lower part of the afcuate cuttmg Wmgs extending in opposite direcblade is a flange 6 which forms with the forward tlons tmnsversely Q 594d f m P r i ns, reportion of the blade a point I. The flange is arcu- Spectwelyg each 'sald arcuate Wlng extending 9. ate and has at its rear end a pointed portion 8 predetermmeq distance beynd the forward and extending beyond the blade. The rear portion 8 rearward pomons of the lespectlve blade o which it is attached is turned upwardly as shown in Fig. 1. The point 1 extends slightly in advance of the blade, and MARIE LOUISE FOERSTER- the flange is substantially of a scoop shape. REFERENCES CITED It has been found that with the angle between the upper edge of the handle and the upper edge of the blade made 65 degrees the most effective The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

results are obtained. Likewise, the distance from UNITED STATES PATENTS the pivot to the end of the handle should be 3 Number Name Date inches; and the horizontal distance of the pivot 268,997 Brion u, 12 1882 to the point 'I is 2 11101185. 1,115,001 Merrill Oct. 27, 1914 

